Dr. Laura Miranda tells us about how she started her urban training groups, and how she’s developed them into a product and global fitness business certification program. Dr. Laura Miranda DPT, MSPT is a NYC based doctor of physical therapy, certified personal trainer, and creator of PURSUIT, the outdoor fitness movement. By mission, she empowers people on their path toward becoming the best possible version of themselves. Learn about Dr. Laura on her website DrLauraMiranda.com StrongHealthyWoman.com and follow her on Facebook (@DrLauraMiranda), Instagram (@drlauramiranda), and Twitter (@drlauramiranda).

Dr. Laura Miranda tells us about how she started her urban training groups, and how she’s developed them into a product and global fitness business certification program. Dr. Laura Miranda DPT, MSPT is a NYC based doctor of physical therapy, certified personal trainer, and creator of PURSUIT, the outdoor fitness movement. By mission, she empowers people on their path toward becoming the best possible version of themselves. Learn about Dr. Laura on her website DrLauraMiranda.com StrongHealthyWoman.com and follow her on Facebook (@DrLauraMiranda), Instagram (@drlauramiranda), and Twitter (@drlauramiranda).

The Strong Women’s Club: Fitness business in depth. Health and wellness as tools for success for business women, corporations, female entrepreneurs.

S3EP17: How to have a profitable fitness business from the start!

Lisa Kelly, President, Kelly Wellness Consulting Inc., has been cultivating healthy changes within workplaces and with personal clients for over 20 years. Through her online, fully-facilitated "Workplace Wellness Ambassador Certification Programs," Lisa's mission is to create an innovative and collaborative landscape for global workplace wellness that fosters employee-driven, results-oriented wellness solutions benefiting employers, employees, and communities at large. End of year offers for business coaching packages still available! Write to edie@thestrongwomensclub.com for more info. Can't wait to help you have the most amazing 2018 possible!!

Lisa Kelly, President, Kelly Wellness Consulting Inc., has been cultivating healthy changes within workplaces and with personal clients for over 20 years. Through her online, fully-facilitated "Workplace Wellness Ambassador Certification Programs," Lisa's mission is to create an innovative and collaborative landscape for global workplace wellness that fosters employee-driven, results-oriented wellness solutions benefiting employers, employees, and communities at large. End of year offers for business coaching packages still available! Write to edie@thestrongwomensclub.com for more info. Can't wait to help you have the most amazing 2018 possible!!

S3EP16: Corporate Wellness Programs with Lisa Kelly

Get Smart and Strong: End of 2017 offers on business coaching and strategy sessions for you to get better organized, more focus and more clarity for your amazing progress and success in 2018. Write to Edie at edie@thestrongwomensclub.com for details. Chris Freytag, Founder of Get Healthy U teaches us about building up an online fitness business, live-streaming fitness classes from her studio, and many tips as to how to stay relevant in the industry. You can find her at: https://gethealthyu.com https://www.gethealthyutv.com/

Get Smart and Strong: End of 2017 offers on business coaching and strategy sessions for you to get better organized, more focus and more clarity for your amazing progress and success in 2018. Write to Edie at edie@thestrongwomensclub.com for details. Chris Freytag, Founder of Get Healthy U teaches us about building up an online fitness business, live-streaming fitness classes from her studio, and many tips as to how to stay relevant in the industry. You can find her at: https://gethealthyu.com https://www.gethealthyutv.com/

S3EP15: How to grow your fitness business with a small staff

Sarina Jain is the creator and founder of Masala Bhangra. She is able to fuse her heritage and personal family history with fun Bollywood dance music and moves and passions of Bhangra. We talk about how to start a movement, how to get people excited about something they’ve never done before, how to scale a fitness business into a global phenomenon. Website: https://www.masalabhangraworkout.com

Sarina Jain is the creator and founder of Masala Bhangra. She is able to fuse her heritage and personal family history with fun Bollywood dance music and moves and passions of Bhangra. We talk about how to start a movement, how to get people excited about something they’ve never done before, how to scale a fitness business into a global phenomenon. Website: https://www.masalabhangraworkout.com

S3EP14: How to create a new fitness movement: Masala Bhangra

First, we talk all about our walking challenge! To combat the sitting is the new smoking research evidence, we are walking an extra 30 minutes every day. Join us!! Check out the Strong Women’s Club Facebook Group for details. UPLIFT Studios in NYC is THE place to go for female empowerment, both physical and mental empowerment. UPLIFT was founded by Leanne Shear, when she started training women to run marathons as a side gig, while she was a full-time writer. A story was then written about Leanne, and the rest is history! In our conversation we talk about all aspects of a fitness business, plus their female society, and some of the struggles along the way. Leanne did a friends and family round of funding, invested in a property, had partners and a few hiccups, but is super-successful, looking for new locations and expansion possibilities. RESOURCES: Upliftstudios.com Sitting is bad for you research: http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2653704/patterns-sedentary-behavior-mortality-u-s-middle-aged-older-adults The SWC FB Group you must join now! https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomensclub/?ref=bookmarks

First, we talk all about our walking challenge! To combat the sitting is the new smoking research evidence, we are walking an extra 30 minutes every day. Join us!! Check out the Strong Women’s Club Facebook Group for details. UPLIFT Studios in NYC is THE place to go for female empowerment, both physical and mental empowerment. UPLIFT was founded by Leanne Shear, when she started training women to run marathons as a side gig, while she was a full-time writer. A story was then written about Leanne, and the rest is history! In our conversation we talk about all aspects of a fitness business, plus their female society, and some of the struggles along the way. Leanne did a friends and family round of funding, invested in a property, had partners and a few hiccups, but is super-successful, looking for new locations and expansion possibilities. RESOURCES: Upliftstudios.com Sitting is bad for you research: http://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2653704/patterns-sedentary-behavior-mortality-u-s-middle-aged-older-adults The SWC FB Group you must join now! https://www.facebook.com/groups/strongwomensclub/?ref=bookmarks

S3EP13: Leanne Shear from Uplift Studios

Lisa Druxman, the founder of Fit4Mom, is on the Strong Women’s Club Podcast today. Lisa tells us about how she built her fitness business into the largest fitness program for moms in the United States. At the moment, they have over 300 franchises, with 1000 moms, participating in multiple locations. We discuss who her first hires were and why she chose those people. And we talk about how each level and stage of business growth has its own skill set. www.fit4moms.com www.lisadruxman.com

Lisa Druxman, the founder of Fit4Mom, is on the Strong Women’s Club Podcast today. Lisa tells us about how she built her fitness business into the largest fitness program for moms in the United States. At the moment, they have over 300 franchises, with 1000 moms, participating in multiple locations. We discuss who her first hires were and why she chose those people. And we talk about how each level and stage of business growth has its own skill set. www.fit4moms.com www.lisadruxman.com

S3EP12: Fitness Business Franchise Fit 4 Mom Founder Lisa Druxman

Founder and President of YogaFit, Beth Shaw teaches about how she is able to grow her fitness business into a multinational empire. Beth talks about how she trusts when delegating and how flexibility and persistence are keys to success. YogaFit is coming to Israel December 6-12, 2017. If you would like to take those classes, or any other anywhere in the world, use the code: strong10 to get a great discount. Be sure to listen to the end of the program where Beth makes a professional opportunity offer that might be exactly the right thing for you. http://www.bethshaw.com/book-now/ http://www.yogalean.com www.yogafit.com https://www.facebook.com/YogaFitStudios/ https://www.yogafit.com/find-yoga-teacher-training/level-one-foundations-Tel-Aviv-2500/

Founder and President of YogaFit, Beth Shaw teaches about how she is able to grow her fitness business into a multinational empire. Beth talks about how she trusts when delegating and how flexibility and persistence are keys to success. YogaFit is coming to Israel December 6-12, 2017. If you would like to take those classes, or any other anywhere in the world, use the code: strong10 to get a great discount. Be sure to listen to the end of the program where Beth makes a professional opportunity offer that might be exactly the right thing for you. http://www.bethshaw.com/book-now/ http://www.yogalean.com www.yogafit.com https://www.facebook.com/YogaFitStudios/ https://www.yogafit.com/find-yoga-teacher-training/level-one-foundations-Tel-Aviv-2500/

S3EP11: Fitness Business Empire CEO of YogaFit Beth Shaw

Emily Cook Harris brings power, strength and confidence to the clients of EMPOWERED. Emily teaches us: How to grow your team and her screening process How to let your company grow and change with your own lifestyle How she morphed into having more remote personal fitness clients Emily founded EMPOWERED in 2010 with the mission of empowering those she trained to be strong, confident, and have the courage to pursue their dreams - using proceeds to support education so girls' around the world could have that same opportunity. Emily personally experienced how education had the power to unlock doors and wanted to pay that forward to the next generation. Empowered NYC (http://www.empowerednyc.com)

Emily Cook Harris brings power, strength and confidence to the clients of EMPOWERED. Emily teaches us: How to grow your team and her screening process How to let your company grow and change with your own lifestyle How she morphed into having more remote personal fitness clients Emily founded EMPOWERED in 2010 with the mission of empowering those she trained to be strong, confident, and have the courage to pursue their dreams - using proceeds to support education so girls' around the world could have that same opportunity. Emily personally experienced how education had the power to unlock doors and wanted to pay that forward to the next generation. Empowered NYC (http://www.empowerednyc.com)

S3EP10: How your fitness company can grow and change with you - Emily Cook Harris

Gwen Hyatt founded DSWFitness (Desert Southwest Fitness, Inc.), Center for Continuing Education in 1980 to provide continuing education for fitness, health, rehabilitation and clinical professionals. In 2013 Human Kinetics acquired DSWFitness! Now Gwen is a travel blogger, mountain bikes wherever and whenever she wants :) Gwen teaches us about how to be fluid in your career, how she was able to recognize opportunities, and how she scaled from an in-person business to have a huge online education business very similar to what a lot of people are building today. She was able to do it without the help of the internet, using direct mail and other things, so you’ll learn all about that in today’s episode.

Gwen Hyatt founded DSWFitness (Desert Southwest Fitness, Inc.), Center for Continuing Education in 1980 to provide continuing education for fitness, health, rehabilitation and clinical professionals. In 2013 Human Kinetics acquired DSWFitness! Now Gwen is a travel blogger, mountain bikes wherever and whenever she wants :) Gwen teaches us about how to be fluid in your career, how she was able to recognize opportunities, and how she scaled from an in-person business to have a huge online education business very similar to what a lot of people are building today. She was able to do it without the help of the internet, using direct mail and other things, so you’ll learn all about that in today’s episode.

S3EP9: Founding, Growing and Selling a Fitness Continuing Education Company with Gwen Hyatt

Amy Clover from StrongInsideOut.com. Amy conquered anxiety and depression with fitness, but took it to an extreme with over-training and an eating disorder. We talk about her streams of revenue in Strong Inside-Out and how she teaches to reframe mindset.

Amy Clover from StrongInsideOut.com. Amy conquered anxiety and depression with fitness, but took it to an extreme with over-training and an eating disorder. We talk about her streams of revenue in Strong Inside-Out and how she teaches to reframe mindset.

114: Getting Healthy Without Scales or Judgement with Amy Clover

Chavonne Hodges is an NYC-bred Advertising professional by day and certified AFAA Group Fitness Instructor/ entrepreneur by night. Diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in college, Chavonne started exercising to combat her mental health disorder. As a co-creator and instructor of TrapAerobics, Chavonne strongly believes in the transformative powers of trap music and exercise. Her love of music, fitness, and natural, good vibes inspired by her to start GrillzandGranola, her fitness/lifestyle brand, which has worked with various creative collectives, non-profits and companies like Facebook NY and Tumblr. This episode is particularly interesting if you are starting your own fitness company and you aren’t quite sure how to go about it. Female entrepreneurs who love something special and different, this is for you. Building a personal brand relies on you being you. Go do it! You can find Chavonne at: https://www.grillzandgranola.com https://afterclass.classpass.com/4-inspiring-female-fitness-entrepreneurs-to-watch/ http://clickcliquenyc.tumblr.com

Chavonne Hodges is an NYC-bred Advertising professional by day and certified AFAA Group Fitness Instructor/ entrepreneur by night. Diagnosed with an anxiety disorder in college, Chavonne started exercising to combat her mental health disorder. As a co-creator and instructor of TrapAerobics, Chavonne strongly believes in the transformative powers of trap music and exercise. Her love of music, fitness, and natural, good vibes inspired by her to start GrillzandGranola, her fitness/lifestyle brand, which has worked with various creative collectives, non-profits and companies like Facebook NY and Tumblr. This episode is particularly interesting if you are starting your own fitness company and you aren’t quite sure how to go about it. Female entrepreneurs who love something special and different, this is for you. Building a personal brand relies on you being you. Go do it! You can find Chavonne at: https://www.grillzandgranola.com https://afterclass.classpass.com/4-inspiring-female-fitness-entrepreneurs-to-watch/ http://clickcliquenyc.tumblr.com

113: Starting a Fitness Business While Staying True to Yourself

Janet Yassen is a psychotherapist, a feminist, a civil rights activist, and one of the founders of the first rape crisis centers in Boston in 1973. If you knew you wanted to start an important center, how would you go about it? Would you do it like Janet did? We talk about gender-based violence, about how group settings are extremely important, how she works to help people get in control of their minds, bodies and spirits. Janet talks about how we need to face our own powerlessness often, and how it is possible to accomplish.

Janet Yassen is a psychotherapist, a feminist, a civil rights activist, and one of the founders of the first rape crisis centers in Boston in 1973. If you knew you wanted to start an important center, how would you go about it? Would you do it like Janet did? We talk about gender-based violence, about how group settings are extremely important, how she works to help people get in control of their minds, bodies and spirits. Janet talks about how we need to face our own powerlessness often, and how it is possible to accomplish.

112: Founder of First Rape Crisis Center Janet Yassen

Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus is the President of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and the Founder of MAZE Women’s Sexual Health. After I rant about the injustice and disappointment I experience on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem this year, you get to hear the interview with Bat Sheva, where we cover her work as a leader of JOFA and as a Medical Sex Therapist at MAZE. Dr. Marcus tells us some amazing stories of how her work has helped women. We talk about Orthodox Judaism and sexual satisfaction all in the same sentence and program, which is for sure a winning way to go! Drop me a line, say hi, let me know who you are. I’d love to meet you! Be healthy and strong, Edie MAZE (http://www.mazewomenshealth.com/about-us/our-team/) Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (https://www.jofa.org/Who_We_Are/Leadership_and_Staff) The Joy of Text Podcast (http://jpmedia.co/podcasts/joy-of-text/)

Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus is the President of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and the Founder of MAZE Women’s Sexual Health. After I rant about the injustice and disappointment I experience on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem this year, you get to hear the interview with Bat Sheva, where we cover her work as a leader of JOFA and as a Medical Sex Therapist at MAZE. Dr. Marcus tells us some amazing stories of how her work has helped women. We talk about Orthodox Judaism and sexual satisfaction all in the same sentence and program, which is for sure a winning way to go! Drop me a line, say hi, let me know who you are. I’d love to meet you! Be healthy and strong, Edie MAZE (http://www.mazewomenshealth.com/about-us/our-team/) Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (https://www.jofa.org/Who_We_Are/Leadership_and_Staff) The Joy of Text Podcast (http://jpmedia.co/podcasts/joy-of-text/)

111: Jewish Feminism, Women’s Sexual Health and Yom Kippur Rant

Shira Taylor Gura has developed a way to help you get through day-to-day situations that might make you anxious, fearful or angry, among other things. Shira runs workshops and retreats, and is also the author of “The STUCK Method: Five Simple Steps to Emotional Well-Being”. You can learn more about Shira and the STUCK Method here: <a href= "http://thestuckmethod.com">http://thestuckmethod.com</a> Today’s podcast is taken directly from the Facebook Live interview I did in my office with Shira. If you’re interested in seeing that video, click here: The Strong Women's Club Facebook Page Let me know who you are and what you think! Be well and strong, Edie

Shira Taylor Gura has developed a way to help you get through day-to-day situations that might make you anxious, fearful or angry, among other things. Shira runs workshops and retreats, and is also the author of “The STUCK Method: Five Simple Steps to Emotional Well-Being”. You can learn more about Shira and the STUCK Method here: http://thestuckmethod.com Today’s podcast is taken directly from the Facebook Live interview I did in my office with Shira. If you’re interested in seeing that video, click here: The Strong Women's Club Facebook Page Let me know who you are and what you think! Be well and strong, Edie

110: Emotional Well-Being in Five Simple Steps

Shana Tova!! Rabbi Deborah Waxman teaches us about adopting “Yes, And” in Judaism Sweet and Happy New Year! For the podcast this week, I talk about how I organize large dinner parties at home and the tools I use to delegate to my guests some of the cooking to make things easier. They don’t always like it… I reflect on spirituality and what it means for me, and how my daughter, Maya, influences me. And together we learn from Rabbi Deborah Waxman, who is the head of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities. Rabbi Waxman is the first woman to hold these positions simultaneously. We learn what Recontructionist Judaism is and the items that Deborah feels need urgent attention. And we get our own private lesson for the new year. You can learn more at: www.jewishrecon.org www.ritualwell.org Thank you to the Strong Women who listen to the podcast! Have a healthy and strong year! L’Hitraot

Shana Tova!! Rabbi Deborah Waxman teaches us about adopting “Yes, And” in Judaism Sweet and Happy New Year! For the podcast this week, I talk about how I organize large dinner parties at home and the tools I use to delegate to my guests some of the cooking to make things easier. They don’t always like it… I reflect on spirituality and what it means for me, and how my daughter, Maya, influences me. And together we learn from Rabbi Deborah Waxman, who is the head of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities. Rabbi Waxman is the first woman to hold these positions simultaneously. We learn what Recontructionist Judaism is and the items that Deborah feels need urgent attention. And we get our own private lesson for the new year. You can learn more at: www.jewishrecon.org www.ritualwell.org Thank you to the Strong Women who listen to the podcast! Have a healthy and strong year! L’Hitraot

109: Shanah Tovah! Tips for Hosting Big Dinner Parties and Lessons from a Reconstructionist Rabbi

Edie Berg speaks with experts about the business side of the fitness industry, how to grow your fitness business, and how businesses and corporations can use health and wellness to improve employee satisfaction, retention and improve their bottom line. Edie interviews women leaders who use health and fitness as tools for success. Currently, the Strong Women's Club is in Season 3 of production.

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